The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System. It began in 1684 as the Provincial Court, and casual references to it as the "Supr
A writ signed in 1702 by then Provincial Court of Pennsylvania chief justice John Guest
Justices' seats in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's chambers in the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg
King's Bench jurisdiction
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King's Bench jurisdiction or King's Bench power is the extraordinary jurisdiction of an individual US state's highest court over its inferior courts. The states of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, New
The Court of King's Bench at work. This illuminated manuscript from about 1460 is the earliest known depiction of the English court. It shows the judges of the court, clerks, lawyers and, at the bottom of the illustration, guards watching chained prisoners awaiting trial.
